• Initiate, conduct, and/or participate in research relating to the causes, impacts, and prevention of family violence, and elimination of violence against women, children, and seniors, such as the ACWS annual Data Release and Inventory of Promising Practices in Alberta. [...] Summary Background The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS) and its members have been committed to and continue to cultivate a skilled, well supported, and professional workforce to effectively serve the needs of women, children and seniors fleeing domestic violence. [...] Nonetheless, the average hourly wage for a full-time employee in an Alberta women’s shelter continues to lag slightly in comparison to the average Albertan, $27.53 compared to $29.70.18 As women-serving organizations in the non-profit sector, many external sources of gender inequality influence shelters and their workforce. [...] This is comparable to age demographics in the Alberta Council of Disability Services (in which 9.5% of employees less than 24 years of age, 71.1% are between 25 and 54, and 18.1% are 55 years or older) and the Disability Services Industry (in which 10% of employees are between 15 and 24 years of age, 69% are between 25 and 54, and 21% are 55 years or older). [...] 18 Summary: 2019-20 ACWS Shelter Workforce Survey file:///C:/Users/catva/AppData/Local/Temp/WHO-2019-nCoV-Advocacy_brief-Gender-2020.1-eng.pdf opportunity and treatment for all women and men.”25 The adoption of appropriate and feasible decent work policies may allow shelters to contribute to women’s participation in the labour market, thereby improving their e.
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